Why is Sweden growing GM Potatoes?
For starch for industry, not for food, not now. ‘Development began in the mid-1980s, at the beginning of the revolution in biotech foods. A Swedish farmers’ cooperative, Lyckeby, one of…
Read moreIt’s a . . ? It’s a Brown Tomato
It’s a brown tomato. It came in a plastic box with half a dozen confreres at my local Wal-Mart in Mexico City. Inside it’s still brownish. Tastes fine. Disconcerting, a…
Read moreBread, beer and agriculture
Last week Onkel Bob posted a long response to my post, Bread first or beer first? A bad question. He made several interesting points but the most important point, to…
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